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Parents Fear GTA More Than Sex And Alcohol

1:40AM Mike Fahey | Back in my days as a teen, my parents weren’t afraid of anything as far as I was concerned, but not all 15-year-olds are 6′6″ with a goatee. Today’s parents have plenty to worry about in fact, though a recent survey performed at the family-focused consumer game site What They Play seems to indicate their priorities are a bit out of whack. They asked a series of asked over 1,600 respondents what they’d fear the most if their 17-year-old were to participate in a sleepover. The results, picked from single answers only – no multiple choice here – indicated that while 16% were concerned about pornography and 14% about beer, 19% voiced concerns that their child might end up playing Grand Theft Auto. Proving that parents haven’t gone completely crazy, the vast majority – 49% – were worried that their child would smoke a little chronic with their pals and then…I dunno, giggle for 8 hours straight, like we did back when i was a teenager. That’s the real danger folks. More »